Mobs have passions, not brains.
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Life-long learner. Passionate about leadership, entrepreneurship, philosophy, Buddhism & SF. Founder @deepstash.
Took me a month of thinking about the themes of this book to write some ideas down. Very complex plot with lots of religious themes. Loved it.
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Myth: You have a lizard in your head
You may have heard that your passions lie deep in ancient parts of your brain that you apparently inherited from prehistoric reptiles. Or that your "rational brain" which sits on top of your "lizard brain" tries to moderate your desires.
The only animal with a lizard brain is a liz...
Trying to multitask
Our brains are unable to receive many sources of information simultaneously—our brains process in series, not in parallel.
Listening to someone means you have to stop everything you're doing and focus.
Once having passions you called them evil. Now however you have nothing but your virtues: they grew out of your passions.
You laid your highest goal upon these passions: then they became your virtues and delights.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
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